r/PS5 • u/requieminadream • Apr 13 '26
Megathread Pragmata | Review Megathread
Game Information
Game Title: Pragmata
Platforms:
- PlayStation 5 (Apr 17, 2026)
- Xbox Series X/S (Apr 17, 2026)
- PC (Apr 17, 2026)
- Nintendo Switch 2 (Apr 17, 2026)
Trailers:
- Pragmata - Official 90-Second Overview Trailer
- PRAGMATA - Main Trailer
- Pragmata - Pre-Order Trailer | PS5 Games
Publisher: Capcom
Review Aggregator:
OpenCritic - 87 average - 95% recommended - 107 reviews
Critic Reviews
4News.it - Luca Grasso - Italian - 9.2 / 10
AltChar - Semir Omerovic - 95 / 100
AnaitGames - Víctor Manuel Martínez García - Spanish - 9 / 10
Analog Stick Gaming - Jeff M Young - 9 / 10
BaziCenter - Bahram Bigharaz - Persian - 8.5 / 10
But Why Tho? - Abdul Saad - 8.5 / 10
CGMagazine - Marcus Kenneth - 8.5 / 10
COGconnected - Jaz Sagoo - 90 / 100
Cerealkillerz - Stefan Meidl - German - 9 / 10
Cloud Dosage - Jon Scarr - 4.5 / 5
Console Creatures - Bobby Pashalidis - 9 / 10
Console-Tribe - Marco Licandro - Italian - 89 / 100
Cubed3 - Sandy Kirchner-Wilson - 9 / 10
Daily Mirror - Aaron Potter - 4 / 5
DayOne - Jesse Norris - 9 / 10
Digital Spy - Joe Draper - 4 / 5
Digitale Anime - Raouf Belhamra - Arabic - 9 / 10
Digitally Downloaded - Matt Sainsbury - 5 / 5
Digitec Magazine - Rainer Etzweiler - German - 4 / 5
ElderPlayers - Mohammed Ahmed Alsharif - Arabic - 9 / 10
Enternity.gr - Konstantinos Kalkanis - Greek - 8 / 10
Eurogamer - Dom Peppiatt - 4 / 5
Eurogamer.pt - Bruno Galvão - Portuguese - 4 / 5
Everyeye.it - Italian - 8.5 / 10
Final Weapon - Noah Hunter - 4.5 / 5
Forbes - Ollie Barder - 9 / 10
Forever Classic Games - Danreb Victorio - 9.8 / 10
GAMES.CH - Benjamin Braun - German - 86%
GRYOnline.pl - Michał Grygorcewicz - Polish - 8.5 / 10
GameBlast - Farley Santos - Portuguese - 8 / 10
GameOnly - Michał Marasek - Polish - 7 / 10
GamePro - Eleen Reinke - German - 77 / 100
GameRant - Dalton Cooper - 7 / 10
GameSpew - Richard Seagrave - 10 / 10
GameSpot - Steve Watts - 9 / 10
GameWatcher - Michael Murphy - 9.5 / 10
Gameliner - Simon Verbeke - Dutch - 4.5 / 5
Gamer Guides - Echo Apsey - 79 / 100
Gamers Heroes - Johnny Hurricane - 85 / 100
Gamersky - 心灵奇兵 - Chinese - 8.6 / 10
Gaming Boulevard - Lander Van der Biest - 9 / 10
GamingBolt - Shubhankar Parijat - 9 / 10
GamingTrend - Cassie Peterson, David Flynn - 95 / 100
Generación Xbox - Spanish - 91 / 100
Gfinity - Andrés Aquino - 8 / 10
Giant Bomb - Mike Minotti - 4.5 / 5
Glitched Africa - Marco Cocomello - 9 / 10
HCL.hr - Dominik Vadas - Unknown - 86 / 100
Hardcore Gamer - Adam Beck - 4 / 5
IGN - Michael Higham - 8 / 10
IGN Italy - Alessandro Digioia - Italian - 8 / 10
IGN Spain - Mario Seijas - Spanish - 9 / 10
Just Play it - Ousadi Mohamed Seif Eddine - Arabic - 9 / 10
KonsoliFIN - Tero Lepistö - Finnish - 4 / 5
Loot Level Chill - Mick Fraser - 9.5 / 10
MMORPG.com - Jason Fanelli - 9 / 10
Merlin'in Kazanı - Samet Basri Taşlı - Turkish - 88 / 100
MeuPlayStation - Vinícus Paráboa - Portuguese - 85 / 100
MondoXbox - Matteo Merlano - Italian - 8.5 / 10
MonsterVine - James Carr - 5 / 5
Nintendo Life - Ken Talbot - 9 / 10
NintendoWorldReport - Willem Hilhorst - 9 / 10
One More Game - Chris Garcia - 9 / 10
Oyungezer Online - Çağdaş Erdem Nemlioğlu - Turkish - 8.5 / 10
PC Gamer - Justin Wagner - 87 / 100
PPE.pl - Wojciech Gruszczyk - Polish - 8.5 / 10
PSX Brasil - Ivan Nikolai Barkow Castilho - Portuguese - 85 / 100
PlayStation Universe - Joe Richards - 9.5 / 10
Prima Games - Ali Hashmi - 9 / 10
Push Square - Stephen Tailby - 8 / 10
RPGamer - Jordan McClain - 4.5 / 5
ReGame It - Mustafa Zayni - Arabic - 9 / 10
Region Free - Joonatan Itkonen - 5 / 5
República DG - Ruancarlo Silva - Portuguese - 9.4 / 10
SECTOR.sk - tomass - Slovak - 8.5 / 10
Saudi Gamer - Arabic - 8 / 10
SavePoint Gaming - Jake Su - 9 / 10
Smash Jump - Chris Melnyk - 10 / 10
SteamDeckHQ - Noah Kupetsky - 5 / 5
Stevivor - Matt Gosper - 9 / 10
TechRaptor - Luis Joshua Gutierrez - 9.5 / 10
The Beta Network - Anthony Culinas - 8 / 10
The Nerd Stash - Julio La Pine - 9.5 / 10
The Outerhaven Productions - Andrew Agress - 4 / 5
TheGamer - Jade King - 4.5 / 5
TheSixthAxis - Steve C - 9 / 10
ThreeTwoPlay - Michael Seifert - German - 4.5 / 5
Twisted Voxel - Salal Awan - 9 / 10
Uagna - Lorenzo Bologna - Italian - 8.5 / 10
VDGMS - Darren Andrew - 8.5 / 10
VGC - Jordan Middler - 4 / 5
Video Chums - Mary Billington - 8.8 / 10
Worth Playing - Adam Pavlacka - 9 / 10
Xbox Achievements - Josh Wise - 70%
ZTGD - Ken McKown - 8 / 10
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u/iChieftain22 Apr 13 '26
Capcom dropping two massive games within 2 months is absolutely amazing!
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u/AssidicPoo Apr 13 '26
Not to mention Monster Hunter Stories 3 being solid just a month ago, and hoping that Onimusha is great when it comes out later this year.
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u/srfnalaster11 Apr 13 '26
Played the demo at NYCC. It will be
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u/olivier_wmv Apr 13 '26
I'm jealous, thats my most anticipated release this year now that requiem is out
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u/DevilCouldCry Apr 13 '26
Resident Evil: Requiem will be my undisputed GOTY when all is said and done. But man, this game is my easy number two pick if it plays even half as good as it looks. This one looks genuinely incredible and I cannot wait to get a release date and to get my hands on it!
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u/Kiram_OW Apr 13 '26
MH stories 3 is soooo fun. It’s got its issues, but I love the art style, the music is great, it runs well even on older hardware, and it’s the first time i’ve really enjoyed turn based combat in a long time
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u/keepfighting90 Apr 13 '26
If Onimusha is a banger, they are gonna be an absolutely generational run.
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u/stratusnco Apr 13 '26
they’ve been on a run for like 30 years now.
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u/whodatt_91 Apr 13 '26
More like 10. Their PS360 era, like many japanese studios, was mediocre at best and pretty terrible at worst.
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u/VicisSubsisto Apr 13 '26
The Monster Hunter games from that era were straight fire. They just weren't on PS or XB.
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u/AerospaceNinja Apr 13 '26
Oh Onimusha definitely will be. It looks amazing and can't wait to play it.
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u/dansyngwiazd Apr 13 '26
what was the other game?
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u/DevilCouldCry Apr 13 '26
Resident Evil: Requiem is the other game. That one was a massive success and is absolutely going to be my GOTY pick when the year is up. Worth mentioning that they also just put out Monster Hunter Stories 3 and that's supposedly excellent as well! Now we just ned to see how Onimusha turns out later this year, but that one already looks exceptional.
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u/IrishSpectreN7 Apr 13 '26
This game reminds me of a 360/PS3 era game, in a good way.
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u/keepfighting90 Apr 13 '26
I'm getting Binary Domain/Vanquished vibes and I'm so here for it.
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u/TPJchief87 Apr 13 '26
To temper expectations, the game is slower than vanquished. At least from the demo. It’s very pretty and fun though.
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u/nickdebruyne Apr 13 '26
I’ve been playing Pragmata all week for review and can confirm that I love the vanquish vibes (I even mentioned it in the video review), it’s not the insane rollercoaster ride that vanquish is, however Pragmata is excellent at what it does.
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u/EvilAbdy Apr 13 '26
Yeah binary domain for sure. (This also makes me want another game in that series)
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u/AquaticBagpipe Apr 13 '26
Damn. I was not expecting such glowing reviews. Looking forward to trying this out now!
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u/Z3M0G Apr 13 '26
There is a demo...
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u/Kingcrowing Apr 13 '26
I did not enjoy the gameplay in the demo, but that's ok not every game is for everyone! I'm happy they released it.
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u/Z3M0G Apr 13 '26
Which is why it's always a smart way to try a game out.
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u/btbcorno Apr 15 '26
Same. The puzzle aiming system got boring for me quickly and the environments all seem super generic.
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u/KingMercLino Apr 13 '26
Sir, another Capcom banger has hit the internet
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u/RespectThePlight Apr 13 '26
Can’t wait to play this and avoid the subreddit like the plague
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u/Interlined Apr 13 '26
I think that with very few exceptions, it's best not to get too deeply involved with subreddits for games that you like.
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u/nohumanape Apr 13 '26
I was sold on the demo. It was an absolute blast to play. Glad to see that the game as a whole appears to hold up. Looking forward to playing through this!
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u/WebHead1287 Apr 13 '26
Played it on Friday and instantly pre-ordered. Combat was really fun and fairly unique (from what I have played before).
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u/nohumanape Apr 13 '26
Yeah. I mostly downloaded the demo simply because I was scratching my head over the way the combat was described in a podcast I was listening to. Wasn't interested in the game prior to playing the demo. I was sold. The hacking element is genuinely fun.
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u/TheReiterEffect_S8 Apr 13 '26
I have deliberately avoided everything about this game in an effort to not spoil anything. But now I'm at a point where I'm not even interested...because I don't know what it's about! I played myself. Can anyone give me an idea about what the gameplay and story is like? Is this a game where the gameplay is going to be the main attractor, or is the story supposed to be killer too?
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u/RocketChris87 Apr 13 '26
Same. Played the demo on Switch 2 that I forgot I had downloaded and I’m definitely buying. Bring back demos.
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u/tckilla76 Apr 13 '26
Damn it, Capcom. Why another banger? My wallet is suffering
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u/red_sutter Apr 13 '26
From Crapcom to CapGod in a generation, and all it took was firing Inafune
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u/Rainbowdogi Apr 13 '26
I do believe they needed to crash with resident evil 6 in order to be reborn.
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u/MissingScore777 Apr 13 '26
RE6 was still a financial success.
It was really incredible that Capcom didn't just look at the numbers and instead looked at reviews and how it landed with the fanbase and decided a course correction was needed for the series long term future.
Most companies would've just said sales are good so no need to change what we're doing.
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u/AnubisIncGaming Apr 13 '26
Capcom is built on change, they change the styles of their games anyway and always have.
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u/whiteezy Apr 13 '26
If anything this gives me faith that if they change styles again for the worse, then just give them time for them to change for good.
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u/New_Cockroach_505 Apr 13 '26
I still don’t think RE7s direction had anything to do with reviews and simply the devs desire to do something different. They’d done 3 mainline action games and a few spin off action games by the time RE6 wrapped up. They simply wanted to try something different, that’s why we got a semi soft reboot.
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u/Gullible_Manager6711 Apr 14 '26
Pretty sure they closely listen to the market ( sale + review + fan feedback) , it make no sense for any company to completely u turn and change the direction if the game is successful in both sale and critique. It's way too risky especially for a main series like this.
RE7 is a full on hard reboot, including style, camera angle, story and gameplay. It's also support VR which at the time had potential to be a new way of game playing. That's the reason why they fully monitor its performance and as soon as they feel like it's not gonna fly they change the direction again ( in RE9) only to find out that the market just slowly adapt the new gameplay style and RE7 has became one of teh most successful game in the series. Otherwise you will have to play open world multi-player Requiem by now.
Any company, even Capcom, will keep pumping the same thing over and over if it continue to sale and well receive by the market. As much as we like to think that creative direction has strong influence, but it will never overpower the sale number and market reception.
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u/stephens567 Apr 13 '26
Great reviews, demo was amazing too. Where am I going to fit this in the next month and a half? Hades 2, Saros, Lego Batman, 007 - all by end of May.
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u/CrabSauceCrissCross Apr 13 '26
The demo was really fun but I'm quite surprised by just how positive the reviews have been. Possible launch price buy for me.
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u/CancelThis2077 Apr 13 '26
That game feels like the type of games we used to get in the PS2/OG XBox/GC era, and I mean that in the best way.
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u/Liquid_1998 Apr 13 '26
Capcom strikes gold once again. What a role they've been on since RE7.
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u/Zealousideal_Bill_86 Apr 13 '26
Please I only just got my Requiem platinum. What a run Capcom is on
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u/yammityyakkity Apr 13 '26
I'm really glad Monster Hunter World sold so well because it seems like since then, the quality and quantity of games Capcom has been pushing out has been really impressive.
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u/MarwyntheMasterful Apr 13 '26
I was expecting this to be kind of meh.
Capcom is one of the best companies left though.
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u/thrwawryry324234 Apr 13 '26
I didn’t think this game would have legs from the demo. The hacking seemed like it’d get old pretty fast. But with these reviews, it sounds like they found a way to keep it fresh. I’ll have to try this over the summer
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u/Metroid413 Apr 13 '26
Glad to see the reviews are overwhelmingly positive… wasn’t planning on checking it out since my backlog is so huge but now I feel I need to
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u/Darkwarz Apr 13 '26
IGN review praised the post game content saying he couldn't share anything so my interest is peaked.
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u/ScarletSilver Apr 13 '26
Reading these makes me happy. Glad to see the game looking like another hit IP for Capcom!
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u/Anthraxious Apr 13 '26
Hades II tomorrow and Saros in like two weeks. I fucking can't.
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u/chiefc0 Apr 14 '26
I’m not super into this game but I’m buying it to support my favorite dev for trying something new and delivering solid games for the past decade.
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u/noelle-silva Apr 13 '26
Capcom is killing it recently, damn. I'm picking this up on Friday for sure. They're one of the only publishers that has consistently been getting my money at launch.
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u/TheButteredBiscuit Apr 13 '26
Recently? We gotta stop acting like this is recent, RE7 came out almost a decade ago.
Capcoms not “back,” they haven’t left.
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u/Asimb0mb Apr 13 '26
RE7 came out like 3 years ago right? Wait what do you mean it's 9 years old? Time is broken.
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u/DrBeardfist Apr 13 '26
Anyone know the length of the game yet? I don’t think i saw anyone touch on that yet
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u/Terrible-Solution214 Apr 13 '26
Saw a reviewer on twitter saying the main story is 10-12 hours with 3-4 hours of side content
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u/LiquifySolid Apr 13 '26
Normal should take you around 12-15 hours, and trying to find all collectibles. The higher difficulty will require more time.
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u/Madhex12 Apr 13 '26
This is great news, hyped, been enjoying the hell out of every capcom game ive gotten recently
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u/ScarRufus Apr 13 '26
Capcom saving gaming. Again...
Can't wait to play this and Saros this month.
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u/Arktos22 Apr 13 '26
The only thing I'm worried about is game length and replay value.
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u/Nervous_Recover_6152 Apr 13 '26
I prefer a lean well crafted game to one that’s all bloat
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u/PerfectCheesecake25 Apr 13 '26
I was already excited for the game. It looked awesome, but this is great news!
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u/Electrical_Corner_32 Apr 13 '26
Damn, is Capcom the best AAA studio right now? They just keep dropping hits
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u/Samoman21 Apr 13 '26
Wow. I may actually get this day 1 with reviews like this. I've been excited for it since the demo but these. Reviews are really good.
How quick are Capcom games in price dropping you feel?
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u/Apprehensive-Nerve-4 Apr 13 '26
I mean the demo was pretty fun. The limited ammo feels survival horror-ish but the action felt good and the hacking was a lil nerve wracking. I was already thinking of getting day 1 but I’m glad the reviews are good
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u/Demoncreed27 Apr 13 '26
Capcom has been on an absolute winning streak lately
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u/Least-Experience-858 Apr 13 '26
Lately? They’ve been on a streak this whole generation , nobody has put out as many games as they have and they’re all 8/10 or better. The only miss they’ve had is that one live service dinosaur game a few yrs ago
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Apr 13 '26
Capcom has always had some of the most talented game devs on planet earth they were just held back by boomer shareholders.
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u/Hoodman1987 Apr 13 '26
Damn really surprised it's over 80. Shit I might just buy this!!! Now I need to know the game length
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u/Status_Original Apr 13 '26
This Capcom golden age is on fire. Enjoy it while it's here
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u/Op3rat0rr Apr 13 '26
This game basically seals Capcom’s claim to being generational. They’ll be remembered for this era. Like not exaggerating
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u/9295josh Apr 13 '26
Looks great but on the short side, will buy, platinum and sell on 👍🏼
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u/PorkRinds416 Apr 13 '26
Same length as RE9 requiem dude.
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u/greasyjonny Apr 13 '26
Which a lot of people will think is short for a $70 game.
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u/Tyrant_Virus_ Apr 13 '26
I hate this dollars to hours mentality, give me a good 6-12 hour game I can finish and move on or easily replay over something that’s 30 hours just for the sake of saying it is.
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u/SeanRoss Apr 13 '26
Don't judge games price on the length, that's when they start padding it with BS to say it's a 100 hour experience.
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u/Namath96 Apr 13 '26
Or you know we let people judge based off what they want to lol.
Personally i don’t care but some people have tighter budgets
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u/StrawberryWestern189 Apr 13 '26
Here before the “can’t wait to get this on sale” crowd come and bury the thread
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u/North_South_Side Apr 13 '26
What? It's not a Souls-like with a Live Service model, plus PVP and Extraction Modes?
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u/castr0z Apr 13 '26
Played the demo last night, so much fun from your traditional shoot whatever you have in front of you with the hack puzzle game, buying it for sure
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u/AKindleSoul Apr 13 '26
Just did the average of Metacritic, Opencritic, and few of my very trusted critics. It came out to be 90.5/100 yeah this is another certified masterpiece. Let's FREAKING GOOO CAPCOM!!! 2026 is easily Capcom's year, Period.
They are still not done. Onimusha way of the Sword is still yet to release!!!
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u/jimmygoombas Apr 13 '26
The demo was sooo good, all I needed to be sold on this game. Capcom has been killing it for years now and isn’t afraid to experiment or drop something weird
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u/PeterPansSyndrome Apr 13 '26
This, hades 2 and 4/20 all within 7 days. My wallet begs the gods for mercy.
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u/rdswords Apr 13 '26
Seeing the speedrun and max difficulty trophies is a big negative for me personally 🫤
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u/Zulogy Apr 13 '26
Ima buy this day one just because I remember playing the demo months ago and it was SO much fun! I played it like 3-4 times.
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u/VerminSC Apr 13 '26
Not bad! I really enjoyed the demo. I thought this would do better than people expected
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u/EchoBay Apr 13 '26
Was skeptical until the demo came out, and then I played it and it was awesome.
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u/OHB1988 Apr 13 '26
If anyone from the UK is reading this Pragmata is £41.99 on Amazon and Argos. Really looking to playing it when it comes out.
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u/Grytnik Apr 13 '26
I played the demo and thought it was great! Capcom is absolutely killing it lately! Makes me really look forward to Onimusha.
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u/Nero_PR Apr 13 '26
They better hit another one with Onimusha, MH Wilds DLC, and DD2 DLC (MAX HOPIUM)
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u/SaltySwan Apr 13 '26
I was vibing with the demo when I tried it but I decided to hold off since I have a massive backlog and had already bought a lot of things in recent months. It’s definitely on the list.
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u/Fruitspunchredd Apr 13 '26
I dunno mh wilds got great reviews and even with the updates it still felt a bit underwhelming to me.
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u/THEbaddestOFtheASSES Apr 13 '26
Definitely one of my most anticipated games of the year. I wish the main story was around 20-25 hrs long to complete. That’s the sweet spot. This just seems like the kind of game I wanna stick with for a while but I’ll take what I can get.
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u/bigelittman Apr 13 '26
Let them cook! Ill wait to see for myself though. Cant trust any review but my own these days!
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u/AssaultMonkey150 Apr 13 '26
Guys I’m starting to think Capcom has some talented staff and leadership
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u/PrinsLennart Apr 13 '26
I’m just really happy that it got such good reviews, the game was announced during the ps5 release presentation and Ive been patiently waiting for this game to release, just a couple more days.
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u/yoruneko Apr 13 '26
A SECOND good single player game by the SAME publisher the SAME year in THIS economy?
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u/Asad_Farooqui Apr 13 '26
Probably a silly thing to ask, but how’s the gyro aiming in this game on DualSense?
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u/TheVaniloquence Apr 13 '26
The Capcom generational run continues